Rules

Participants can register their projects in the following 7 competition categories:

1. Built space

2. Interior space

3. Public space

4. Graduation projects

5. Initiatives / Experiments / Visions

6. Essays

7. Photography

3.1 General participation conditions

All entries⁴ in the 7 competition categories that abide by the rules below are eligible:
> for categories 1- 5 (Built space, Interior space and Public space, graduation projects and Initiatives / experiments / visions in architecture): completed projects realized between July 2020 – July 2022, either located in DKMT⁵ Euroregion, or belonging to authors that have a permanent residence in DKMT Euroregion.
> for category 6 (Essay): essays written by authors which have permanent residence in DKMT Euroregion. The essays should be developed around this year’s theme: City, as a common good
> for category 7 (Photography): series of 4 photographs, made by authors that have permanent residence in DKMT Euroregion.

The same project cannot be registered into more categories, except in the case of a project within which one can identify various intervention domains, pertaining to different authors. (for example an individual house registered in the first category 1. Built space and its interior design project registered in the second category 2. Interior space). In the case of an entry present in various categories, the decision to categorise it (either to keep the entry in all categories where it was initially registered or to exclude it from some of them) belongs solely to the organizers.

The participants declare implicitly, through the submission of entries in the competition, that they are the authors of the project and thus assume responsibility for any legal consequences in the case that it is proven that they do not own intellectual rights on all the materials submitted. If it is proven within one year from receiving a prize that the receiver doesn’t own the intellectual rights of the the awarded project, the prize shall be returned to the organizer.

Intellectual rights on the materials submitted in the competition belong to their authors, which, by registering the project in the competition, express their agreement to have the submitted materials and information regarding their authors, without any restriction concerning the content, archived, communicated, published and distributed throughout the biennial, as well as through future events and manifestations, with the purpose of supporting and promoting the project, the author and the creative act.

In order to be included in Beta Competition 2022, all entries must abide by the technical conditions mentioned in the 4th chapter, Entry Registration, from the present document. In the case of any deviations from the rules presented in this document, the organizers reserve their right to disqualify the respective entries.

All texts requested during the registration process have to be bilingual, in English and in the applicant’s native language (meaning Romanian-English, Hungarian-English and Serbian-English). This requirement is mandatory.

The competition organizers do not take any responsibility in the case of any downloads/uses of the materials from the website or other sources by any third parties.

The jury members, as well as their partners, employees or first grade family members are allowed to participate only in competition categories that are not judged by the respective jury members.

Beta team (team members that have contributed in elaborating this document and organize Beta Competition 2022), competition secretary members and complaints / litigations resolution committee members) cannot participate in the competition (please refer to chapter 9.Organizer).

The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the present Rules document in strictly necessary cases (especially to clarify certain issues), announcing all changes in the News section of the competition website.

3.2 Personal data protection and processing

By registering to the Beta Competition 2022, the participants agree to have their personal data, as it has been provided, processed by the organizer.

The organizer ensures that the participants’ data will be honestly and transparently processed, exclusively in the professional interest of both parties, in accordance with the provisions of the (EU) Regulation no. 679/2016 of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (GDPR).

Images or photos containing or instigating to any form of violence or having an offensive, abusive, indecent, defamatory or obscene character will not be accepted in the competition. At the same time, photos containing advertising, promotional materials or visible logos / brands will not be accepted if they occupy more than 50% of the photo.

Images / photos that capture people in the public space are accepted, but only if the people represent a detail of an overall scene. Portraits of people in public space are not accepted. It is allowed to photograph all buildings in public space, except for the military and strategic objectives regulated as such by the Office of the National Register for State Secret Information. In the case of the latter, photographs may be taken only with prior authorization and under the supervision of a MAPN representative.

By registering entries in the competition, the participants declare that they have read and agree with the entirety of the rules from this present document

3.3 Specific participation conditions

For the category 1. Built space:
> one can register projects completed⁶ between July 2020 – July 2022, including interventions⁷ on existing buildings with or without any heritage value, from domains such as housing⁸, commercial⁹, services¹⁰, institutional¹¹, cultural¹² and heritage¹³;
> architects that have the right to practice in accordance with the laws of the country where they work, as well as collectives coordinated by them are eligible;
> in this category one can register works either located DKMT Euroregion, or belonging to authors that have a permanent residence DKMT¹⁴ Euroregion.

For the category 2. Interior space:
> one can register built projects completed¹⁵ between July 2020 – July 2022, including interior designs / interior lighting design / scenography (performance spaces);
> professionals from domains such as architecture, interior design, furniture design, lighting design, decorative arts, scenography, design, with diplomas or certificates approved by their country of origin and domain’s professional organizations are eligible;
> in this category, one can submit works either located in DKMT¹⁶ Euroregion, or belonging to authors that have a permanent residence in DKMT Euroregion.

For the category 3. Public space:
> one can register built projects completed between July 2020 – July 2022 including landscape design, revitalisations / restructuring of certain urban / rural areas, public squares, pedestrian areas, parks, temporary public spaces, installations, pavilions, designed by architects, urbanists or landscape architects which have the right to practice in accordance with the laws of the country where they work, as well as collectives coordinated by them;
> one can register master plan projects, territorial planning, urban strategies etc., that were finished between July2020- July2022, executed, or in course of execution designed by architects, urbanists or landscape architects which have the right to practice in accordance with the laws of the country where they work, as well as collectives coordinated by them;
> in this category one can register works of art belonging to public space, completed between July 2020 – July 2022, made by artists from domains such as architecture, plastic arts, visual arts, decorative arts, design etc.
> one can register infrastructure projects / works, completed between July 2020 and July 2022, including accessibility projects / green infrastructure / technological infrastructure / transportation networks (including depots and garages) / street networks (streets and street profiles, bridges, road passages, walkways), which are done by the professional body¹⁷;
> in this category one can register works either located DKMT¹⁸ Euroregion, or belonging to authors that have a permanent residence DKMT Euroregion.

For the category 4. Graduation projects :
> one can register final projects made for the architecture,urbanism or interior design diploma, realized during the 2020-2021 or 2021-2022 academic years;
> graduates from DKMT¹⁹ Euroregion’s higher education institutions, like architecture, urbanism or interior design universities / faculties / departments are eligible.

For the category 5. Initiatives / Experiments / Visions for architecture:
> one can register completed or speculative projects realized between July 2020 – July 2022 including cultural / architectural education / participative initiatives / public policy projects etc. made by the professional body²⁰, administration²¹ or by the civil society²²;
> one can register speculative architectural projects that reinterpret the role of architecture (projections on the future of architecture): visions / strategies / theories / programs / competitions, realized between July 2020 – July 2022 and that are made by architects or urbanists which have the right to practice in accordance with the laws of the country where they work, as well as collectives coordinated by them;
> in this category one can register works either located in in DKMT²³ Euroregion, or belonging to authors that have a permanent residence in DKMT Euroregion.

In the context of Beta 2022, the 6th category, Essay encourages a theoretical and critical discourse surrounding this year’s theme – The City as a common good²⁴.

This year’s theme focuses on the analysis of the relationship between citizens and the public space (physical, mental, digital). The urban space we share is generated / guided by walls – constructive/cultural elements, which are also determined by legislation, strict regulations. We want for civil society to be more active in the process of generating or interacting with the urban space. For this to be possible, it is important that the network of documents and public policies needed to use/generate the urban space, to become easily accessible. In order to meet the needs of the trinomial: citizens – professional body – administration, the main focus of the theme will be on creating a solid collaboration with the local administration.

Around this general theme, various topics worth debating can be tackled such as:

> the relationship between citizens and urban space;
> who can generate, or should generate urban space, and how?
> the knowledge civilians have regarding how public space can be used;
> is legislation tangible enough so it can be used by anyone?
> who is establishing/ or should establish how the public space should be used?

Competitional category 6. Essay is open to all those interested in theoretical and critical discourse, who want to express themselves through text, regardless of their professional background.
Contributors are invited to reflect on the relationship between the citizens and urban spaces. Those with permanent residence in DKMT²⁵ euroregion are eligible for this category.

For category 6. Essay 2022 edition, the competition will take place in two phases:
> phase I – abstract submission, July 28th
> phase II – essay submission by the selected authors, September 28th

In the context of Beta 2022, the category 7. Photography encourages a critical observation, expressed through the medium of photography, around the theme of the City, that is seen as a common good.

During the 3 editions that took place between 2015-2017, the Octavian Radu Topai Award (PORT) aimed to pay homage to the young architect, as well as to question modern and contemporary Romanian architecture. Starting with the 2020 edition, we introduced a 7th category, Photography. This year, in Beta 2022, we want to take further the category dedicated to architectural photography, which will be opened to DKMT²⁶ Euroregion.

The theme that studies the relationship between the citizens and urban space will be reflected in the way in which a photograph comes to express one’s vision over a subject, that in the end, through its expressiveness, shapes our perception of the relations between the user and urban space.

We want to see how the interaction between urban space and its users, can be interpreted by using photographs in the freest and diverse manner possible, approaching topics like:
> capturing a subject that takes into account the general context;
> practices or acts through which citizens explore the city
> any other subjects that captures the relationship between citizens and urban space

Competitional category 7. Photography is open to all those interested in expressing their thoughts through photography, regardless of their professional background. You can submit only a series of 4 photographs. Those with a permanent residence in DKMT Euroregion are eligible and encouraged to participate.

Depending on the category, the entry submission procedure and calendar may differ. Hence please consider the following indications for categories 1-5 (Built space, Interior space, Public space, Graduation projects, Initiatives / Experiments / Visions) and separately for category 6. Essay, respectively for 7. Photography.

4.1 Registration for the categories 1-5

An entry submission consists of the online completion of the registration form, available on the competition page competition.betacity.eu/en/registration, as well as:

a. the attachment of a file containing the project presentation (the project panel);
b. the attachment of a file containing the participant’s ID card, which proves the participant’s permanent residence DKMT²⁷ Euroregion.
c. the attachment of various materials (images, descriptive texts and drawings as well as information about the author / office / collective) for the purpose of promoting and publishing the work in specialty publications.

a. the attachment of a file that contains the project presentation (the project panel):

a.1 The file containing the project presentation will be completed following a layout model, provided on the competition website under the name LAYOUT 1 /  LAYOUT 2 / LAYOUT 3 / LAYOUT 4 / LAYOUT 5 (depending on the category), which can be downloaded from the description of the desired category – competition.betacity.eu/en/categories.

a.2 Using the provided layout for the project’s presentation is mandatory for all participants. Failure to comply to the mandatory layout of a project presentation will lead to its disqualification by the organizers.

a.3. The project panel will contain the following information:
> general information, bilingual descriptive text – in English and the native language of the participant (RO/HU/SRB);
> site plan (mandatory for categories 1 and 3);
> plans for all levels with captions;
> characteristic sections;
> images (photographs or visualizations of the work, photos of models etc.)
> optional: facades, details, axonometric representations, perspectives, conceptual sketches, analysis diagrams etc.

a.4 Each entry will be identified by an identification code consisting of 3 letters and 2 numbers chosen by the participant (e.g. ABC12, XYZ32, XOY00 etc.), which will be mentioned both on the project’s panel and in the registration form. This code is solely used for internal management and not for keeping participants anonymous.

a.5 The project panel will be attached within the online registration form in 2 versions:
> print version – JPG format, A0 dimension (841 x 1189 mm), 200 dpi, named after the following model: PRINT_ABC12_CATEGORY NAME, maximum 30 MB;
> web version – JPG format, 2000 x 2828 pixel resolution, named after the following model: WEB_ABC12_CATEGORY NAME, maximum 10 MB;

a.6 The project panels will be printed by the organizers on a support material and will be a part of the competition’s exhibition (for the time and place of the exhibition, please refer to chapter 8. Calendar).

a.7 While preparing the project panel, participants will make sure they provide all information needed for a proper understanding of their work, to help the judging process.

b. the attachment of a file containing the participant’s ID card, which proves the participant’s permanent residence in DKMT²⁸ Euroregion;

b.1 The file containing the ID card copy will be attached as a JPG or PDF, with a maximum dimension of 1MB.

b.2 The attachment of the ID card copy is mandatory. The ID card copy will be used only by the competition organizers, strictly to identify the author and to check the eligibility conditions.

c. the attachment of various materials (images, descriptive texts and drawings as well as information about the author / office / collective) for the purpose of promoting and publishing the work in specialized magazines.

c.1. Handout of the following materials for the promotion and publishing of the project:
> 3 images of the project – photographs or project visualisations, JPG format, dimensions: A4 portrait or A5 landscape (300 dpi, maximum size 3MB each), named after the following model: IMG_ABC12_CATEGORY NAME_image number;
> short text describing the work, bilingual (in English and the native language of the applicant – RO/HU/SRB), including technical information (maximum 2500 characters spaces included / language);
> a photo of the author / office members / collective – JPG format, 15 cm square, 300 dpi, named after the following model: AUTHOR_ABC12_CATEGORY NAME;
> short text presenting the author / office / collective, bilingual (in English and the native language of the applicant – RO/HU/SRB), maximum 1000 characters spaces included / language, which will be completed in the online registration form.

All aforementioned materials will be attached to the online registration form – competition.betacity.eu/en/registration.

In case the participants encounter any problems with the registration procedure, they can ask for assistance from the organizers, using the following contacts: e-mail – competition@betacity.eu / tel. +40 728 224 929.

The registration is valid once the confirmation message is received by email.

4.2. Registration category 6. Essays
For the 6th category Beta Competition will take place in two distinct phases (see chapter 8. Calendar).

Phase I – preselection of abstracts

An entry registration in the 6th category consists of the online completion of the registration form specific to the category, available on the competition page – competition.betacity.eu/en/registration, as well as:
a. attach the abstract;
b. attach the file containing the participant’s ID card, which proves the participant’s permanent residence in DKMT²⁹ Euroregion.

a. attach the abstract

a.1 The abstract will be written using the provided layout (LAYOUT 6-I), which can be downloaded from the page dedicated to the 6th category – competition.betacity.eu/en/categories.

a.2 Using the specific layout for the 6th category is mandatory for all participants. Failure to comply with the mandatory layout of a project presentation will lead to its disqualification by the organizers.

a.3 The abstract will be registered as a PDF format and an editable format (Word) also. The document will have a maximum dimension of 3MB and will respect the following guidelines:
> one representative image, JPG format, dimension A4 portrait or A5 landscape (300 dpi, maximum size 3MB), named after the model IMG_ABC12_ESSAY; each image will have its author mentioned; all the copyrights of all the included images fall under the responsibility of the participants.
> it will contain the author’s name and the work’s title;
> the abstract will contain a maximum of 2000 characters – spaces included – font Arial, 12, line spacing 1.15;
> the text will be mandatorily written in English;
> the Oxford citation and reference system will be used – footnotes with the source
(participants can find the rules of this system here).

a.4 Each abstract will be identified by an identification code consisting of 3 letters and 2 numbers chosen by the participant (e.g. ABC12, XYZ32, XOY00 etc.). The identification code will be mentioned in the name of the PDF file, following the model: ABSTRACT_ABC12. This code is solely used for internal management and not for keeping participants anonymous.

b. attach the file containing the participant’s ID card, which proves the participant’s permanent residence in DKMT³⁰ Euroregion.

b.1 The file containing the ID card copy will be attached as a JPG or PDF, with a maximum dimension of 1MB.

b.2 The attachment of the ID card copy is mandatory. The ID card copy will be used only by the competition organizers, strictly to identify the author and to check the eligibility conditions.

The registration is valid once the confirmation message is received by email.

Phase II – essay selection

The jury selects the abstracts and invites their authors to develop them into essays.
Only those selected by the jury are eligible to participate in the second phase of the competition.

Results of the jury activity will be posted on the competition site in News section, on the date mentioned in the calendar (see chapter 8. Calendar), as well as via email directly to the selected authors.

Final essays will be sent on the competition mail address competition@betacity.eu.

a. Essay deadline:

a.1 The essay will be written using the provided layout (LAYOUT 6-II), which will be sent to the selected participants.

a.2 Using the provided layout specific for the 6th category is mandatory for all participants. Failure to comply with the mandatory layout of a project presentation will lead to its disqualification by the organizers.

a.3 The essay will be registered as a PDF format, and also an editable one ( Word). The document will have a maximum dimension of 5MB and will respect the following guidelines:
> first page will contain the author’s name and the essay’s title (which can be the same used for the abstract or a different one);
> the text body of the essay will contain a maximum of 20.000 de characters with spaces included (cca. 3.000 words) – font 12, Arial line spacing 1.15);
> the essay will be mandatorily written in English;
> the Oxford citation and reference system will be used – footnotes with the source
(participants can find the rules of this system here);
> the text can be enhanced by images (illustrations, diagrams, photos); each image
will have its author mentioned; all the copyrights of all the included images fall
under the responsibility of the participants.

a.4 The essay will be identified using the same identification code of 3 letters and 2 numbers the author used in the first phase of the competition when registering the abstract. The identification code will be included in the essay file’s name, following the model: ESSAY_ABC12. This code is solely used for internal management and not for keeping participants anonymous.

b. the attachment of various materials (images, descriptive texts and drawings as well as information about the author / office / collective) for the purpose of promoting and publishing the work in specialized magazines

b.1 Handout of the following materials for the promotion and publishing of the project:
> one representative image, JPG format, dimension A4 portrait or A5 landscape (300 dpi, maximum size 3MB), named after the model IMG_ABC12_ESSAY;
>a photo of the author / office members / collective – JPG format, 15 cm square, 300 dpi, named after the following model:: AUTHOR_ABC12_ESSAY
> short text presenting the author / office / collective, bilingual (in English and the native language of the applicant – RO/HU/SRB), maximum 1000 characters space included / linguistic version, which will be completed in the online registration form.

All the materials will be sent to following address : competition@betacity.eu.

In case the participants encounter any problems with the registration procedure, they can ask for assistance from the organizers, using the following contacts: e-mail competition@betacity.eu / tel. +40 728 224 929.

The registration is valid once the confirmation message is received by email.

4.3 Registration category 7. Photography

An entry submission consists of the online completion of the registration form, available on the competition page competition.betacity.eu/en/registration, as well as:
a. the attachment of a series
b. the attachment of a copy of the participant’s ID card;
c. the attachment of descriptive materials (image, text) referring to the author.

Registration can be done only with a series of 4 photographs.

a. the attachment of the series

a.1 The file containing the series will be completed following a layout model, provided on the competition website under the name LAYOUT 7, which can be downloaded from the description of the desired category – competition.betacity.eu/en/categories.

a.2 Using the provided layout for the series’ presentation is mandatory for all participants. Failure to comply with the mandatory layout of the project presentation will lead to its disqualification by the organizers.

a.3 Each entry will be identified by an identification code consisting of 3 letters and 2 numbers chosen by the participant (e.g. ABC12, XYZ32, XOY00 etc.), which will be mentioned both on the project’s panel and in the registration form. This code is solely used for internal management and not for keeping participants anonymous.

a.4 The series panel will be attached within the online registration form in 2 versions:
> print version – JPG format, A0 dimension (841 x 1189 mm), 300 dpi, named after the following model: PRINT_ABC12_PHOTOGRAPHY, maximum 30 MB;
> web version – JPG format, 2000 x 2828 pixel resolution, named after the following model: WEB_ABC12_PHOTOGRAPHY, maximum 10 MB;

a.5 Besides the photo series panel, the photographs should also be uploaded individually, in JPEG format, RGB, with a minimum resolution of 3000 pixels, maximum size of 10 MB/ photograph.

a.6 Along with the series, participants will attach a short text that describes their series, written both in English and in the native language of the applicant (RO/SRB/HU), should have a maximum 2500 characters, space included. The text will be completed in the online registration form.

b. the attachment of a copy of the participant’s ID card;

b.1 The file containing the ID card copy will be attached as a JPG or PDF, with a maximum dimension of 1MB.

b.2 The attachment of the ID card copy is mandatory. The ID card copy will be used only by the competition organizers, strictly to identify the author and to check the eligibility conditions.

c. the attachment of descriptive materials (image, text).

> a photo of the author – JPEG format, 15 cm square, 300 dpi, named after the model: AUTHOR_ABC12_PHOTOGRAPHY;

> short text presenting the author (in English and in the native language of the applicant – RO/HU/SRB), maximum 1000 characters (spaces included / linguistic version) which will be completed in the online registration form.

All aforementioned materials will be attached to the online registration form – competition.betacity.eu/en/registration.

All the materials can contain the following type of modifications:
> cropping or changing the aspect ratio
> small adjustments as: correction of exposure , tones,white balance, luminosity, contrast, saturation, lens correction and chromatic aberration, removing sensor dust.

The following won’t be eligible: photomontages, adding, modifying or eliminating elements from a frame, add borders, logos, texts and any other form of modification. In case of divergent opinions regarding the processing of one’s photographs, at the request of the organizer, the author of the photograph will have to send the original file or files (color negative or black and white, slides or the unprocessed file at its native resolution). As organisers we retain the right to disqualify one’s materials that does not comply with the requirements of the present regulation.

In case the participants encounter any problems with the registration procedure, they can ask for assistance from the organizers, using the following contacts: e-mail competition@betacity.eu / tel. +40 728 224 929.

The registration is considered valid once the confirmation message is received by email from the organizers.

• ²⁷ The DKMT euroregion is an European region of collaboration (DKMT indicates the territories contained between the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa rivers) which currently includes Timiș, Caraș-Severin, Arad and Hunedoara counties from Romania, Csongrád and Bács-Kiskun counties from Hungary and the Vojvodina province from Serbia.
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5.1. Complaints / litigations submission

Participants discontent by the preliminary analysis of the entries can submit complaints/ litigations.

The preliminary analysis refers to an overall check by the competition secretary of the registered entries (attachements verification, notes on any deviations from the competition rules, the publication of a report on all these activities on the competition’s website).

For the complaints/litigations submission timeline, please refer to chapter 8. Calendar.

Complaints/litigations concerning the preliminary analysis by the competition secretary will be submitted online, via email at competition@betacity.eu.

Complaints/litigations will be submitted in the form of a A4 PDF document, written in English or Romanian.

When formulating the complaint, along with the reasons for it, please specify the participant’s name and the identification code of the respective entry (please refer to chapter 4.Entry registration of the present document).

5.2. Complaints / litigations resolution

Complaints/ litigations submitted within the timeframe announced by the organizer (please refer to chapter 8. Calendar) will be evaluated by a committee of 3 members, one of which shall be chosen as the committee president.

Final results following the complaints/ litigations resolution will be published on the competition website in the News tab, at the announced date (please refer to chapter 8. Calendar).

For the commitee members, as well as the complaint resolution board, please refer to chapter 9. Organizer.

Registered competition entries will be evaluated by 3 juries, grouped according to the 7 competition categories.

The jury structure has been established by the Beta 2022 Competition organizing team, taking into account the profession and experience of the jury members in the domains stipulated by the categories.

6.1. Jury members
Jury group 1 will evaluate all registered entries in the categories 1. Built Space, 2. Interior Space, 3. Public Space, 4. Graduation Projects (Diploma) And 5. Initiatives/ Experiments/ Visions in Architecture.

> Bogdan Ciocodeică (RO)
> András Cseh (HU)
> Milka Gnjato (SRB)
> Evelina Ozola (LV)
> Mark Randel (DE)

Jury group 2 will evaluate all submitted entries in the category 6.Essays.

> Cecilie Sach Olsen (NO)
> Chiara Dorbolò (IT)
> Ross Exo Adams (USA)

Jury group 3 will evaluate all submitted entries in the category 7.Photography.

> Alexandra Timpău (RO)
> Miloš Martinović (SRB)
> Migue de Guzman (ES)

6.2. Judging process

The judging process will take place with the participation of all the appointed jury members for both of the jury groups.

The deliberation schedule, as well as the judging criteria will be established by each jury group.

Each jury group will assign a president from its members and will evaluate all competition entries in compliance with the criteria and work methodology established by the jury.

During the entire judging process, each jury group will be assisted by a secretary without any voting rights that will ensure the proper development of the deliberation process.

At the end of the deliberation process, each jury will write and submit a report to the organizers, in which they state the competition results, corelating them with the judging criteria they have previously established.

For all categories, the judging process will unfold in two stages. For categories 1-5, the first judging phase means an online jury activity which will conclude with a list of selected / shortlisted works, projects which will be part of the exhibition. Second phase consists in the public jury session wherein all the selected projects will be presented by their authors in front of the jury and the public, in Timișoara). For jury activity timeframes, please refer to chapter 8. Calendar.

Presentations of the selected entries aim to facilitate their understanding (their process, decision-making etc.) by the jury (with the purpose of the final evaluation) and by the present public. Details about the presentations will be communicated on the competition’s website (in the News section), as well as through emails addressed to the selected authors.

In order to facilitate the presentations of the selected projects, organizers will cover transport expenses for the representatives of the selected projects which do not live in Timișoara and have to travel from the rest of DKMT³¹ Euroregion, to present their projects.

The presentations of selected projects by their authors, in front of the jury and with the public, are not mandatory. In the case of selected authors who cannot be present for various reasons at the public presentation, the said authors will take full responsibility for the consequences that may arise during the judging process.

For categories 1-5, during the online jury activity, the jury also acts as a curator, having the possibility of framing the competition entries into subcategories, to evaluate them on the basis of specific criteria (which the jury will announce), as well as to award them based on these principles: e.g. in the case of a consistent number of entries in category 1. Built space that present single-family housing, the jury may decide to create a subcategory 1.1 Single-family housing, where they frame all the entries that have common characteristics of this subcategory; in this case the rest of the entries may be organized in other subcategories or remain in the large category where they have been initially registered.

For category 6. Essay, the two steps of jury activity refers to the two phases of the competition (please see calendar for category 6. Essay from chapter 8. Calendar). Both jury activity for the 6th category will happen online. In the first phase the jury will select the abstracts to be developed further on into essays, by their authors; in the second phase, the jury will select the winning essays.

For category 7. Photography, there will be two phases of jury activity: in the first phase, an online jury process will take place in which a selection of photographic essays will be selected. The chosen works  will then advance to the second phase of the jury process, where the jurors will meet in Timisoara to analyze on site the photographic series and select the winner.

All jury groups reserve their right to not select any winners or honorable mentions for any category, if they find that entries do not correspond with a certain previously established quality level. Furthermore, the juries can decide to share the prize for a category between various competitors, to award a single prize or to only grant honorable mentions.

The jury’s decisions cannot be the subject of any complaints / litigations, and are definitive and irrevocable.

In exceptional circumstances, when one of the jury members cannot fulfill his/her obligations, regardless of the reasons, the organizers are responsible to find a substitute jury member.

• ³¹ The DKMT euroregion is an European region of collaboration (DKMT indicates the territories contained between the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa rivers) which currently includes Timiș, Caraș-Severin, Arad and Hunedoara counties from Romania, Csongrád and Bács-Kiskun counties from Hungary and the Vojvodina province from Serbia.

The Beta 2022 Competition awards total the amount of 14.000 euro*.

7 awards of 1000 euros each* and 14 honorable mentions of 500 euros each* are considered, meaning 1 award and 2 honorable mentions for each category.

The jury has the final decision regarding the distribution of the awards and honorable mentions, including their number, under the condition that they do not exceed the total amount.

* All the awarded prizes are gross sums.

8.1 Competition calendar for categories 1-5

> 6 June – Competition launch
> 7-16 June – Questions submission
> 20 June -Publication of the answers
> 28 July – Registrations deadline – 16:00 Romanian time (EET)*
> 1 – 3 August – Preliminary analysis by the competition secretary
> 4 August – Preliminary analysis results
> 4-11 August – Online submission of complaints / litigations
> 12-15 August – Complaints / litigations results
> 15 August – Publication of the final list of entries that will be showed to the jury
> 16-31 August – Preselection / online jury activity
> 1 September – Preselection results, publication of selected works
> 28 September – Essay submission deadline – 16:00 Romanian time (EET)
> 29 September – Exhibition opening – vernissage in the public space of Timișoara
> 29 September – 19 October – Ongoing exhibition in the public space of Timișoara
> 20-21 October – Public presentations of the selected works in front of the jury
> 22 October – Jury conferences
> 23 October – Awards ceremony

* Submission of the Essay abstract for category 6. Essay

The competition organizer is the Timiș Territorial Branch of the Romanian Order of Architects.

The organizer’s contacts are listed below:
str. Diaconu Coresi 12, postal code 300558, Timişoara, Romania
tel. +40 728 224 929
e-mail: competition@betacity.eu, secretariat@oartimis.ro

Organizing team:
Alexandra Matei
Alexandra Trofin
Anamaria Goie
Anca Teslevici
Daria Pau
Ema Cristescu

Competition secretary:
Alexandra Matei
Alexandra Trofin
Anamaria Goie

Complaint/ litigation resolution committee:
Anca Teslevici
Ema Cristescu
Daria Pau